Rhabdomys pumilio

(Sparrman, 1784)

Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Rhabdomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 236

Original name as described

Mus pumilio

Other common names

Four-striped Field Mouse · Four-striped Grass Mouse · Four-striped Grass Rat · Xeric Four-striped Rhabdomys

Type locality

Slangrivier, Tsitsikamma Forest, east of Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. intermedius and R. bechuanae; the synonym listing for this species and all Rhabdomys is tentative and needs to be further assessed

Taxonomy notes citation

du Toit, N., van Vuuren, B.J., Matthee, S., Matthee, C.A. 2012. Biome specificity of distinct genetic lineages within the four-dtriped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 75-86.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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